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6. The sixth particular, in having God to be their ¹portion, is the Rest that the foul hath in God: The term of all motion is rest, every thing that moves, moves that it may have rest: Now here in this world the creature is altogether in motion, and especially man, because he is not here in his proper place; every thing moves to its centre, till it comes to its place, Psal. 38. 10. My heart panteth; the word in the Original signifies, such a kind of motion, running up and down, as Merchants run up and down, from one Country to another; and it is observable, there is the two last radical letters double; and that is to ²note, That it is more then an ordinary stirring and motion of the spirit, because it is not come to its rest; but when the foul comes to the term unto which it moves, then it comes to have rest. God hath let out good things to other creatures, and they never return back again directly to him; but the good that God lets out to mankind, and to his people, it returns back again to God: The Saints are made by God, and they come and return to the first fountain from whence they came, whereas other creatures do not: As the wicked, they come from God, but do not return to God again as their rest: And therefore it is an expression of Jeremiah, Those that seek only after the satisfying of their senses, they go out from God like unto rivers that run from ⟨p. 572⟩the fountain, but there is no regress of them, they do not return back again; but the godly come from God, and have their returns back again unto God, unto their fountain, there to rest, and to have their happiness, Psal. 12. 9. The wicked walk on every side; the wicked move up and down in a circle, but never unto the centre, only keep their round from one creature to another, but never have any direct motion unto God, to come to him as their centre, and so to find true rest in him: Return, O my soul, unto thy rest, Psal. 116. 7. The word translated Rest, is in the plural number, Return, O my soul, unto thy rests: God is the rest of the souls of the Saints. Rest and glory seldom meets in this world; they who are in glory have not the quietest life, and they who have most rest, are furthest off from being glorious: Issachars condition likes some,